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After three years of negotiation, the fate of the Charlesview Apartments finally looks close to being sealed. Barring unforeseen difficulties, Harvard will buy the apartment complex, a low-income housing development overlooking Harvard’s Allston athletic facilities at the corner of North Harvard St. and Western Ave. In return, Harvard will rebuild the apartments on a plot of land it owns further west along Western Ave., at the current site of the Brighton Mills Shopping Center. While development could progress on Harvard’s existing Allston holdings without this land swap, we believe that any future campus...
...Lucia Velasquez Sanchez, who spearheaded the summer petition and is president of the Charlesview Residents Organization, said the board excluded most residents from major decisions on relocation...
Sanchez also expressed frustration at the lack of transparency within the development committee, referring to a July 2006 incident in which a member of the Charlesview Board of Directors allegedly chastised her for inviting a Boston Globe reporter to a committee meeting—an invitation Sanchez denies making...
...think their role has been, from the resident perspective, less than a perfect vehicle for resident involvement,” he said. “The Charlesview board has not been willing to allow the residents to include very many outside advisors in those discussions...
Despite tenant resistance, Halbfinger remains optimistic that Charlesview will complete its move...